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3 . fifteen million lines of products: An imported line of product is

a distinct product within a shipment. A shipment may include multiple
lines.
33. had increased to forty million: FDA, “Total Lines of Products Im-
ported into the U.S. per Fiscal Year,” last updated January  4 ,  0  8 , https://www
.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ImportProgram/.
34. egregious criminal fraud: William Neuman, “An Iowa Egg Farmer
and a History of Salmonella,” New York Times, September ,  0  0 , http://www
.nytimes.com/ 0  0 / 09 //business/eggs.html?pagewanted=print.
3 . knowingly shipped to forty-six states: Helena Bottemiller, “Safe at
the Plate?” Columbia Journalism Review, January/February  0  3 , http://www
.cjr.org/cover_story/safe_at_the_plate.php.
36. “The time had come to modernize: Robert B. Wallace and Maria
Oria, eds., Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion (Washington, DC: National Academies Press,  0  0 ), xii.
37. a single food safety agency: Ibid.,  7.
38. “a sea change for food safety: Margaret Hamburg, “Food Safety
Modernization Act: Putting the Focus on Prevention,” Foodsafety.gov, ac-
cessed January 3 ,  0  8 , http://www.foodsafety.gov/news/fsma.html.
39. overhauled top to bottom: Michael Taylor, “The FDA Food Safety
Modernization Act: Putting Ideas into Action,” FDA, January  7 ,  0 , http:
//wayback.archive-it.org/ 7993 / 0  7  33  3 /https://www.fda.gov/About
FDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofFoods/ucm 4  9 .htm.
40. FDA finally has all the tools: US Senator Dick Durbin, “Durbin’s
Food Safety Bill Signed into Law,” US Senator Dick Durbin website, Janu-
ary 4 ,  0 , https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbins
-food-safety-bill-signed-into-law.
4 . an additional $1.4 billion: Johnson, “The Federal Food Safety Sys-
tem,” 9.
4 . food-related problems and outbreaks emerged: FDA, “Operational
Strategy for Implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FS
MA),” May ,  0  4 , http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/uc
m 39  0 .htm.
43. rely on voluntary compliance: Ibid.
44. most dangerous jobs: US Government Accountability Office (GAO),
“Workplace Safety and Health, Additional Data Needed to Address Con-
tinued Hazards in the Meat and Poultry Industry,” GAO- 6 - 337 , April  0  6 ,
https://www.gao.gov/assets/ 680 / 676796 .pdf.
4 . FSIS’s mandate includes: “ U.S.C. 60 : Congressional Statement of
Findings,” US Government Publishing Office (GPO), accessed January 4 ,